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Starting Your Own Business: The Step-By-Step Guide

30. July 2010

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Starting your own business: The definitive guide. Are you hung up on the “idea phase” of starting your own business? Do you feel like none of your ideas are good enough–or do you have so many ideas and don’t know which one you should turn into a business? This post is for you! First: I [...]

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Choosing The Best Domain Name for Your Business

22. July 2010

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Choosing a domain name: Your difficult questions answered! What domain name should you choose for your business? Is a .com still important? Should you pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a .com, or just register a .biz or other extension? Are Google search engine ranks affected by whether you have a .com or not? [...]

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Warning: Your Customers May Be Stupider Than You Think!

1. July 2010

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I was stymied recently…by cheese. I was at a local high-end grocery store buying meat, produce, and a pile of gluten-free goodies. Richard, who has recently gotten into cooking, decided to make organic hamburgers for dinner. We were out of cheese, so I walked over to the cheese section to pick up some cheddar slices. [...]

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Could the Biggest Obstacle to Your Success Be…You?

25. June 2010

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Often, we believe that if only we knew “how to” do more–more blogging, more Tweeting, more SEO or social networking–that our business would be successful. But all the “how to” information in the world won’t help your business succeed. Your own ingrained beliefs are stopping you without you even knowing it. In fact, the biggest [...]

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How Writing a Story Can Strangle Your Business

11. June 2010

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I was helping a friend out with her business recently…giving her some advice and coaching on pricing. She is setting up a workshop to teach others how to start a business in her niche. I felt her price for the workshop was too low, and told her so. Her response: “Well, these people are just [...]

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